TOMS RIVER – Police have released the sketch of a man they are seeking in connection with a child luring attempt that happened about 6 p.m. Friday on Terrace Avenue near Marian Street, said Ralph Stocco, police spokesperson.

A woman called police to an address on Terrace Avenue to report that a man attempted to lure her nephew from the fenced-in yard, reported responding Police Officer George Fernicola, Stocco said.

The woman heard the man tell the child “Come on, I got candy,” Stocco said she told police.

The woman told Fernicola the young boy was playing in his fenced-in front yard when a man pulled up in a dark blue or black sport-utility vehicle and tried to lure the child. The SUV had New Jersey license plates.

After hearing the man, who may not have been aware of the woman’s presence she said, the woman ran toward the street and screamed at him, police said.

After she screamed at him, he drove off heading west on Terrace Avenue towards Hooper Avenue, Stocco said.

A composite of the man was developed by police sketch artist Sgt. Christopher McDowell who worked with the woman in the description.

The man is described as a white male in his early to mid-twenties with a thin build. He has medium long black hair and is clean shaven. He is wanted for questioning at this time.

Detective Louis Santora is investigating and asking anyone with information to call him at 732-349-0150 ext. 1276 or send a private message to www.facebook.com/tomsriverpolice.